Dumping vessel.



P. OONSITANTENE. DUMPING VESSEL.

APPLIGATION YILED MAR.15,1905

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed March 15, 1905. Serial No. 250,316.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER CONSTANTENE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and Stateof I/Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDumping Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improvement invessels of this type whereby manual labor in the unloading operation iseliminated, this being accomplished byopening the compartment whichcontains the refuse and also admitting water thereto to flush the same.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofparts, arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter described, andsuccinctly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a view inperspective of the present invention, the intermediate sections beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the intermediate sections inclosed position. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the intermediate sectionsswung outwardly. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of one of theintermediate sections, and Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of themechanism for opening and closing the intermediate sections.

In carrying out my invention I construct the hull of the vessel of endsections A and B, which are held in rigid relation by suitable means-forexample, the plate 1 and rods 2 and 3-and to these sections I hingeintermediate sections C and D, sectionC being lunged to section B at itsforward edge and section D hinged to section A at its rear edge. Theselast-named sections-that is, sections 0 and D-are air-tight andconstitute the side walls and bottom of the garbage-receiving portion orcompartment of the vessel, the end walls thereof being formed by the endsections A and B, and, as is obvious, when sections C and D are swungoutwardly water will rush in therebetween and flush the same, so thatany portion of the contents of the compartment not dumped therefrom bygravity will be readily removed, and said sections will therefore bethoroughly cleaned before they are again drawn together. The means forswinging these sections preferably consists of toothed rods 4, which arepivoted to said sections adjacent their free ends and operated bysuitable means, as shown, (see Fig. 5,) such means consisting of a gear5 in mesh with the teeth of rod 4 and mounted on a shaft 6, which isrotated by the manually-operated gearing 7. Thismeans can, however, bereadily varied at will without departing from the spirit of myinvention. My i1nproved vessel is also preferably provided with a rudder8 and propeller 9, which latter is driven by an engine 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, 1s-

1. A vessel of the type set forth comprising end sections rigidlysecured together, and intermediate sections, the last-named sectionseach being hinged at one end, and means for swinging the unhinged endsof said sections outwardly.

2. A vessel of the type set forth comprising end sections and oppositesections intermediate the same, said intermediate sections being hingedto fixed means, one hinged at its forward end and the other at its rearend.

3. A vessel of the type set forth comprising a hull formed of endsections and opposite intermediate sections, said intermediate sectionseach being hinged at one end and hav ing their free ends normallyarranged withinthe bounds of the hull, and means to swing the saidsections outwardly.

4. A vessel consisting of end sections, and intermediate sections hingedby their ends to the ends of the sections and cooperating therewith toform a compartment.

5. A vessel consisting of end sections bearing a stationary spacedrelation to one another, and intermediate sections disposed between saidend sections and mounted to be swung toward and away from said endsections and forming a compartment in conjunction therewith.

6. A vesselcomprising end sections and a pair of intermediate sectionshinged at opposite ends to said end sections, so as to be capable ofbeing swung outwardly away from said end sections.

7 A vessel comprising a hull, a pair of sec tions hinged at oppositeends to said hull, and means to swing the unhinged ends of said sectionsin opposite directions in unison.

8. A vessel comprising stationary end sec- IIO 4 tions and hingedintermediate sections, having their inward movement restricted byengagement with said end sections.

9. A vessel comprising spaced and rigidlyconnected end sectlons, andintermediate sections hingedly supported by their ends from said endsections.

10. A vessel comprising end sections, and intermediate sections movablyrelated thereto and having their inward movement restricted byengagement of their ends with each of said end sections and forming acompartment in conjunction therewith.

11. A vessel comprising stationary end sec tions and movableintermediate sections, having their ends movable outwardly from said endsections and restricted in their inward movement by engagementtherewith.

12. A vessel comprising a hull, and sections hinged thereto and havingtheir free ends movable toward and away therefrom.

PETER CONSTANTENE.

In presence of ABRAHAM LINCOLN JAooBs,f HIRAM J. JACOBS.

